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JAMB Literature in English 2007 Question 41

Question 41

Literary Appreciation: Poetry
JAMB 2007: Ismeal Heron, Pardon me (extract)
The passage, as printed

The repetition in the lines above is a poetic device of

  1. A.plagiarism
  2. B.anaphora
  3. C.paralipsis
  4. D.alliteration.
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Answer: B (anaphora)

Explanation

Anaphora is the repetition of the same word or phrase at the start of successive lines, here 'If I'.